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The Conduit Chapter 7: Freedom of the darkness
Cover art for The Conduit, a new horror story featured in the Ink & Shadows Blog. Pointe au Baril, 2023 Dean watched her creep toward that shitty little townhouse. He drowsed. Alarms in his head blared he was sending his baby off to the gallows. How can you just sit there while she goes in? He tried to lift his head. He listened. The whispering started quietly. They sounded like a man’s voice until he really tried to focus on them. The tone would shift and evade him compreh
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Feb 2213 min read


The Conduit Chapter 1: The Speed Graphic
Introducing Tiffany Seller, a cursed item, and a reawakened blood-lust. North Bay, ON: 2023 Tiffany Sellers raced down the street calling...
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May 22, 202516 min read


How to stay motivated and write well.
Small steps toward your writing goal will pay off big time down the line. I took an ice bath yesterday. I watched the tub fill, and...
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Apr 2, 20255 min read


How to write characters who are nothing like you.
I’ve always shied away from writing characters that weren’t, on some level, related to me. What I mean by this is any character that...
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Aug 8, 20244 min read
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